Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-09-13

and tpI Untsmed nature mate her fierce all,
cruel III hcr demands This was tho Gnly
FAULT III tho lifo oil Laf0qar, md no was to
expiate 1t crnelly
Lucien de NoiTville. the lawyer, had mar.
fied Julia during voyage no had made in
Algiers Tho first years Of their marriage
bis life was calm enough. Julia had two
children, boys, and when they were, so to
speak, out of her arms sue plunged into the
widest extravagances, and her toilettes were
the marvel of all who saw her and who knew
that Lucien, although makinga comfortable
income, could not afford such unlimited ex-
pense in dress and jewels.
"A last Lucien was constrained 10 have nm
explanation with his wife, the more so ms bo
had overheard some very severe criticisms on
her extravaganza during the evening at
ball. As soon as they were at home he came
to her and said:
Julia, have something to say to you,
and 1t is useless to put II Off any longer for
it is vital subject. We are not rich, as
you know, and yet your toilets cost moro
every year than all our other expenses, and
v It'll them almost exceed our income. Twice
'.efore this have paid bills which YOU have
Contracted which were more than $4,000
francs. While do not object to your dress
ing as well as our means afford l do not
wish YOU to go into debt again. have a
horror of debt, and We have also the future
of our children to consider
For an answer Julia gave him an indiffer
ent look as she unfastened her magnificent
hair and let it fall over her shoulders.
at is, therefore, important, even urgent,
that you check this reckless extravaganza"
continued Lucien, little bitterly, as he ob.
served her Indifference. Listen to what I
say, and it is my last word upon the subject.
II you do not take heed Of what say l shall
leave you, and separation will cause great
scandal and it will break my heart for love
you.n
'If you loved me-" said she scornfully.
though she grew pale, show could you contem-
plate such an endingI'
81 do veyou, said he, rising to take leave
of her, "but remember that have two sons to
think Of as well US my honorable name; and
beware, Julia, that you disobey my COM
mand, for am resolved to pardon no more,
and, painful as a separation would be, shall |
ask it in the interest Of my Children
With this he retired, having said what he |
considered to be his duty. Julia smiled dis |
before him, but sank into chair, |
pale and frightened, when he had gone. II |
she had loved her husband, the sacrifice of her
taste would have been tribe, |
but, unhappily, she did not love him. She |
had married Lucien for freedom from a
and narrow life in Algieis, and
found her only pleasure the excitement tho
admiration of her rare beauty brought.
This conversation and the decision of Lucien
,ame in an evil moment, for she had con-
racted, unknown to him, new debts to the
he amount of 100, 900 francs. For six months
her creditors had waited peaceably, and then
hey began their demands, and lately they
lad tormented her beyond measure for the
settlement of their bills. She now beheld
lerself in n pit from which there was no es-
ape. On the one hand the impatient cred
tors threatening to go to Lucien, and on the
,ther hand his righteous anger and his threat
Il public separation. II was years before
his that she had met Roger Laroque, then
title more than boy, and she had loved him
With such ardor that she forgot everything
children, the world and even
ler luxurious toilettes, and her debts as WELL
Lucien de NoirVille Yves one OF the busiest
awyers of Paris, and Julia had, therefore, q
complete liberty, and frequently went to
and in society alone, and there
met Laroque, who was barely known TO
Lucien, as they had met but once or twice in
But this last interview with Lucien on the
ubject OF the debts, of which be knew as
ret nothing, was the cause of Roger La
oque's reception Of a letter from Julia asking
or an important interview, at one OF tho
Teat stores in the Louvre, at o'clock. Al.
eady the chain hung heavy OH Roger, who
ow absented himself oil he possibly could
rom his wife, so greatly he feared that she
night divine something Of his old relations
With Julia. Julia's letter was so pressing
bat he did not dare TO disregard it, and he
Tent to the place designated, where he found /
err prey to poignant anxiety. !
Roger said She If yoq d9G not save me
IN lostig